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May 9, 2023

1983 … Triumph to issue “Live At The US Festival” Double Vinyl Gate-fold package 40 years later

“Playing on the ‘Heavy Metal Sunday’ was just amazing for us.” recalls Triumph bassist Mike Levine about the US Festival in May of 1983 Metal Sludge — Triumph is one of Canada’s very best classic rock bands and is about to release an amazing package of their performance from 40 years earlier and it hits the streets later this month. Triumph will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of their appearance at the US Festival in[…]

May 7, 2023

MAKING FRIENDS … Bobby Blotzer blasts Mötley Crüe & Beau Hill: “Ratt always crushed Mötley musically”, “Blow Hill is disliked by everybody”

“Ratt’s always crushed Mötley musically. They got more press, movie stars, explicit sex, murders and shit. Always in the magazines.” — Bobby Blotzer on Mötley Crüe Metal Sludge — In a new interview on the This, That & The Other podcast rock drummer Bobby Blotzer has blasted a few of his contemporaries this past week. Blotzer was interviewed by Troy Patrick Farrell on Dirty Radio Classics and discussed a potpourri of subjects including Mötley Crüe[…]

May 7, 2023

RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT – ‘KIX… The Final Show’ will be this Fall, KIX are officially Retiring

Metal Sludge — KIX are calling it quits. After more than 40 years the Baltimore based KIX have decided to throw in the towel. KIX first formed in the late 1970’s and a few years later signed with Atlantic Records releasing their self-titled debut in 1981. The band have remained a crowd favorite with a die-hard underground following that has helped them tour throughout the United States and beyond for decades. As of tonight May[…]

May 4, 2023

TRIBUTE … Ex-Warrant Guitarist Billy Morris to keep Jani Lane’s memory alive with tribute concert in Cleveland

“Jani Lane was an amazing person first, and an amazing musician and songwriter second.” — Billy Morris Metal Sludge — Gone but not forgotten. Jani Lane, once among Rock’s brightest talents, died tragically in 2011, the former Warrant star singer found lifeless next to a bottle in a hotel room in Los Angeles. His best friend, former Warrant and current Tuff guitarist Billy Morris, is keeping Lane’s memory alive May 20 in Cleveland with a[…]

May 4, 2023

LIVE REVIEW … Original glam kings Angel return to Los Angeles, as fans go wild

“I’m ageless. Wait till you see me play tonight.” Punky Meadows LOS ANGELES – Still regarded as one of Rock’s pioneering Glam bands, Angel played a rare comeback concert Friday at The Whisky, and loyal fans went absolutely crazy for poster-boy guitarist Punky Meadows and legendary singer Frank DiMino. Both sounded great, as four backing musicians – like the leaders dressed in Angel’s classic all-white – helped Angel slide through most of their old classics[…]

May 2, 2023

DOWN UNDER … Former Enuff Z’Nuff singer Donnie Vie and Alex Kane of Life, Sex & Death to tour Australia this Summer

Metal Sludge — Former Enuff Z’Nuff frontman, singer and song-writer Donnie Vie is headed to Australia. Vie is headed down under to perform a series of 8 shows in late June and early July 2023. Vie is bringing along fellow Chicago native, former Life, Sex & Death guitarist Alex Kane for the tour. For the diehards, you likely know that Kane was in an early version of Enuff Z’nuff before they signed to Atco for[…]

May 1, 2023

THE NEW GENERATION … Dougie Manross talks to Metal Sludge about playing Guitar for TUFF this Summer

“John 5 was the first player that got me excited about country pickin’ stuff.” — Dougie Manross LOS ANGELES – Meet Dougie “Lixx” Manross, a 23-year-old wunderkind guitarist from Cleveland who started years ago as Tuff’s roadie. Now Manross is actually playing live for Tuff as a temporary replacement for Billy Morris for a run of gigs, and the guitarist who started just a few seasons ago with a tennis racket could not be happier. […]

April 30, 2023

LOOSE LYPS … Metal Sludge checks in with late 80’s Sunset Strip rockers Lypswitch

“The spirit of the Sunset Strip and the bands that grew up through it are still alive.” — Danny Whaley / Lypswitch LOS ANGELES – Once among Rock’s prime examples of a band big in Hollywood but not the world, Lypswitch never quite gave up. The band known for hooky tunes, looks that killed and a catchy name, Lypswitch rose the ranks in no time to emerge as one of the most popular on the[…]

April 29, 2023

DUI … Crazy Town singer Shifty Shellshock arrested for DUI just days after Backstage Fight with Bandmate

TMZ — The hits keep coming for Crazy Town singer Shifty Shellshock … because a few days after getting into a fistfight with a bandmate, cops say he was driving drunk. Shifty was arrested for driving under the influence early Tuesday morning in South Carolina. According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, cops in Myrtle Beach say they were told to be on the lookout for a black SUV with California plates swerving in[…]

April 26, 2023

CRAZY CLOWNS – Crazy Town singers Shifty Shellshock and Bobby Reeves get into Backstage Bloody Brawl all caught on Video

Metal Sludge — In some brand new graphic backstage video, members of the band Crazy Town get into it and then-some. The band’s co-lead singers Shifty Shellshock and Bobby Reeves got into a full on fist fight after their set on the Nu Metal Madness 2 tour in Myrtle Beach South Carolina on April 23rd and it was all caught by onlookers via their cell-phones. It seems that Reeves was angry at Shellshock, who seemingly[…]